Rising Leviathans:
How Barn Poetry Can Uncover Canadian History By Mikayla Barney, OBP Member and Volunteer Repurposing can come in many forms.…
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Haunted Barns! Part 2
PRESENCES INSPIRE PRESERVATION by Peter Roe It has often been noted that ghosts haunt any location where life has existed,…
Haunted Barns! Part 1
by Richard Palmisano. Nothing defines a farm from any other property then that of the majestic barn. The command-and-control centre…
A Great Drive to See Log Barns
by Jon Radojkovic Radojkovic, OBP Director I was happy when I saw the first log barn. I had expected to…
The Canada Farmer, 1864
by Diana Macdonald While doing research in The Canada Farmer, a fortnightly news journal printed in Toronto, from 1864 (slowing…
Barn Records and History
I learned to start snooping around the barns for notes and records and found that they could be in the strangest places.
The Sad Remains of a Barn in Southern Ontario
by Laura Brown, OBP Member and Our Stellar Volunteer Hello, my name is Laura Brown. I took these photos of…
Worked at Well: The Stable Pump
by D. B. McCowan, P.Eng. (bmccowan@netrover.com) An old wooden pump sitting in Bill McCowan’s (1923-2018) barn in Pickering probably came…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 2 of 2
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP The genesis of nineteenth century traditional barns Part 1 looked at the traditional…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 1 of 2
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP You may have wondered about the architectural similarities and differences amongst heritage barns in…